Centris (Anisoctenodes) hyptidis Ducke, 1908

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The species of the bee genus Centris of the “ hyptidis group ” revisited with the description of Centris (Anisoctenodes) new subgenus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini), European Journal of Taxonomy 709, pp. 1-17 : 8-10

Centris (Anisoctenodes) hyptidis Ducke, 1908

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Centris hyptidis Ducke, 1908: 75–76 .

Centris (Ptilotopus) libertatis Cockerell, 1912: 44–45 . Junior synonym ( Moure et al. 2007).

Type data

Centris hyptidis was described by the Italian botanist and entomologist Adolf (Adolpho) Ducke (1876–1959) based on an undetermined number of female specimens collected in Baturité, Ceará state, northeastern Brazil. The lectotype female was designated by Nascimento (1979), the labels are quoted verbatim.

Cockerell described Centris (Ptilotopus) libertatis based on a single female collected at “Independencia”, Paraíba state, northeastern Brazil by Harold Heath (1868–1951) and William Mann (1886–1960), both members of the Stanford Expedition ( Oliveira 2014). The type specimen is currently housed at AMNH, the label is quoted verbatim.

Material examined

Lectotype of Centris hyptidis

BRAZIL • 1 ♀; Ceará state, Baturité ; “Ceará Baturité 29-6-1908 Ducke [handwritten]\ Brazil Estado do Ceará [printed]\ [white label] Centris hyptidis Ducke Lectotypus Moure & Michener 1955 [handwritten in red]\ [white label with black rim] MPEG-HYM 11078022 [printed]”; MPEG.

Paralectotypes of Centris hyptidis

BRAZIL • 1 ♀; Ceará state, Baturité ; “Ceará Baturité 29-8-1908 Ducke [handwritten]\ Brazil. Mus. Goeldi. 1910-90. [printed]\ Centris hyptidis Ducke Type ♀ [handwritten\ [circular red rimmed label] Type [printed]\ B.M.TYPE HYM.[printed] 17B.910. [handwritten]”; NHMUK • 1 ♀; Ceará state, Baturité ; “Ceará Baturité 29-6-1908 Ducke [handwritten]\ Centris hyptidis Ducke Typ. ♀ [handwritten]\ [red label] Typus [printed]”; NMBE .

Holotype of Centris (Ptilotopus) libertatis

BRAZIL • ♀; Paraíba state, Independência; “Independencia, Parahyba, Brazil Mann & Heath. [printed]\ Centris libertatis Ckll Type. [handwritten]\ ac33337 [handwritten]\ AMNH _ IZC 00323438 QR code [printed]”; AMNH.

Additional material

BRAZIL • 4 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; “Coleçṳo Campos Seabra \ Vitoria da Conquista Bahia Brasil 10/ 20- V-1961 F. M. Oliveira ”; MNRJ †.

Distribution

This is the most widely distributed species of C. ( Anisoctenodes ) subgen. nov., with records in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe and Tocantins ( Vivallo & Melo 2009; Martins et al. 2013) ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

Fig. 2. Trochanter of female fore leg (ZMB †). A. Centris anisitsi (Schrottky, 1908), Paraguay, San Bernardino (LPBC †). B. C. hyptidis Ducke, 1908, Brazil, Vitória da Conquista (MNRJ †). C. C. hyptidoides Roig-Alsina, 2000, Paraguay, San Pedro Cororo (MNRJ †). D. C. thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009, Brazil, Teresina de Goiás (DZUP †). Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Fig. 3. Elaiospathe of female fore leg. A. Centris anisitsi (Schrottky, 1908), Paraguay, San Bernardino (ZMB †). B. C. hyptidis Ducke, 1908, Brazil, Vitória da Conquista (MNRJ †). C.C. hyptidoides Roig- Alsina, 2000, Paraguay, San Pedro Cororo (LPBC †). D. C. thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009, Brazil, Teresina de Goiás (DZUP †). Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Fig. 4. Centris hyptidis Ducke, 1908. A–B. ♀, Brazil, Vitória da Conquista (MNRJ †). C–D.♂, Brazil, Vitória da Conquista (MNRJ †). A, C. Frontal view. B, D. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Fig. 7. Distribution map of the species of Centris (Anisoctenodes) subgen. nov.